The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

The time is not there for us to act any more, the time we waited for is here right now for us to act brightly and create a bright future, for the future coming generations.

Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through the lips and fingertips.

To tell an adult exactly what steps to take towards his salvation was apt to weaken him. It deprived him of his inalienable right to trial and error which was tonic to the character.

Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me.

When you have an attorney giving you advice, it would be nice to know what their financial relationship is to the advice.

The most common misconception about me is that I'm basically a jazz singer.

Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.

Happiness inspires productivity.

A brotherhood of venerable trees.